Harvesting is not really my "forte" so to speak lol. I just pull the whole plant and do a rough manicure then hang em. I found that it's easier, for me, to do most of the trimming while the plant is still fresh. I fear that if I do the trimming after it dries then you lose valuable plant material (trichome heads, crystally leaves) due to the brittle nature of the dried plant, but i"m no expert and I've never had anyone show me the best way so.

On the side note of pulling the fan leaves early. I noticed that the buds were actually bigger but the other plants seem to be more resinous so it's a toss up. Bigger buds or more quality buds, I guess it depends on your motives but for me I'll take the higher quality buds so I won't be pulling the fan leaves early again. I'll post some more pics in the next few days after they dry and I do the final trim. Here in AZ they dry so quick so I'm gonna try everything I can to drag it out.